Lakeland board displeased with state’s lack of special education pre-K funding
For the second year in a row, the Lakeland School System has asked the Tennessee General Assembly to fund state-mandated Special Education prekindergarten programs.
The annual budget for the services in LSS is around $600,000, which must come from its regular K-12 funding.
“Special education preschool students throughout Tennessee do not get much funding. It’s almost a totally unfunded mandate,” LSS board member and legislative liaison Michelle Childs said.
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